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Attorney General Lord Hermer said the UK should use the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights to 'celebrate' what it does and the UK role in it.
Ministers and their aides reportedly refer to Lord Hermer's department as the 'Anti-Government Office' rather than Attorney General's Office due to his approach.
In what would represent yet another 'reset' of the PM's stumbling premiership, No10 aides are said to be in the early stages of plotting a rejig of Government ranks.
Lord Hermer poured praise on human rights lawyer Shiner even after his war crime claims against British troops were dismissed by a public inquiry as 'deliberate lies'.
The mere thought of the Bogey man is paralysing. The same can be said of Lord Hermer KC, who is still Attorney General despite a tooth-loosening biff from fellow Labour peer Lord Glasman.
Lord Glasman, founder of the influential Blue Labour group, said Lord Hermer has 'got to go', following warnings his obsession with the primacy of international law is damaging Government.
Recently rediscovered podcasts recorded by Attorney General Lord Hermer before he became a minister show his outspoken views on a number of contentions issues.